Power Sisters

Episode 8: Boys to Men

How do you deal with your children becoming adults, doing grown-up things?Elaine’s managing sleepovers with her son and his girlfriend: “having a girlfriend has changed him in so many positive ways” she says. Rachel’s laughing: “in which life would my mother have let me?" “Never!” Elaine answers.Their children expect them to be different from the generation that raised them, but they ask: “does that mean that we need to accept everything? Not everything about the way we've been brought up is necessarily wrong.”What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcastPower Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 7: Keeping Up Appearances

Would you lie just to save face, or can you find the courageto step into who you really are? The Power Sisters find that embarrassment canlead to much needed revelations. For Elaine it made her realise that she did “needa little bit of help”. “It happens to the best of us” says Rachel. “As women, we think we have to be perfect all the time” But Caroline points out that “we’rehuman beings; we don’t cut ourselves enough slack”.The sisters also talk about fear of failure. Caroline thinks “we’ve been shrinking, we’ve been hiding”. Rachel is working on pushing herself “beyond the fear and imposter syndrome”. Unqualified people are “qualifying themselves” and that “we need to learn to own our accolades”.  Elaine says.Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcastPower Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 6: Manifesting

“Does manifesting work? The sisters think so. Rachel sees it as “stretching towards that life that you want”. Elaine prefers to use the word vision, “you must have an action plan”. But they also consider “what you are manifesting is really who you are…living the life that you are created to live”. The sisters talk about their role models and settling into being role models and mentors to younger women. Elaine notes “this new generation is seeking older women like us who are experienced, 'cause there's a lot of unqualified people trying to give qualified advice.”Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcastPower Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 5: Cougars, Aunties and Thundercats

Are we all aunties now? The sisters contend with what it means to age as women. Elaine thinks it’s wrong to be classed “as washed up because you are a certain age.” Why they can’t they “face the fact that yes we are aunties?” They also learn a new word to describe women of a certain age – “Thundercat”. “Can we just roll it back?” asks Rachel. The sisters also talk about how their children’s love lives and career choices differ from theirs, and making peace with that. Rachel realised “This is not about me, this is about them.” Their generation differs from their parents’ approach – “they just wanted security for us, didn't they? that security that we've now been given, that we've worked for now allows us to give our kids [freedom].Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcastPower Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 4: Bags and Showing Up

Why do we have to wear our wealth? The sisters figure out where the community pressure to always look good comes from - where people save up just to spend on luxury items. “Does that bag now quantify you?” Elaine asks.After 20 years of working hard, they discuss how they treat themselves to items such as a long longed-for Chanel handbag, with their kids asking, mum why do you look so happy – it’s only a bag. “Do you know what this is?” she quips back.The sisters talk about working hard to give their children what they need while maintaining work life balance. And having the will to walk away from opportunities that don’t serve us – like a job at Downing Street. Rachel set her boundaries, and her employer met them.And they reflect on how they manage their careers with being mums. Can they have it all? “When they go to school… that is not just their experience, it's ours.”Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcastPower Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices